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Yolk

//joʊk// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. countable, uncountable

    "To make meringue, you have to separate the white from the yolk."

  2. 2
    nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) wordnet
  3. 3
    The grease in a sheep's fleece; lanolin. countable, uncountable

    "Wool-growers appear to entertain different opinions in regard to the effect which yolk has on the value of the fleece. Some seem to suppose that the aggregate amount which they receive for their wool is increased from the greater weight which it possesses by being charged with this substance[…]"

  4. 4
    the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To produce yolk.

    "This is surprising in that these females were yolking up their clutch of eggs"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English yolke, yelke, ȝolke, ȝelke, from Old English ġeolca, ġeoloca, ġioleca (“the yellow part, yolk”), from ġeolu (“yellow”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English yolke, yelke, ȝolke, ȝelke, from Old English ġeolca, ġeoloca, ġioleca (“the yellow part, yolk”), from ġeolu (“yellow”).

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